MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
distance learning have empowered
humans
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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